Given name
Feryal
“possessing the beauty of light”·“the one with a beautiful neck, good neck”
Feryal is used as a given name. Interpretations include “possessing the beauty of light” (Arabic) and “the one with a beautiful neck, good neck” (Turkish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “possessing the beauty of light” (Arabic) and “the one with a beautiful neck, good neck” (Turkish). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish فَرْیال (Feryâl), from Classical Persian فریال (faryāl).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Feryal through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 410 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Feryal’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Feryal has a conventional equivalent in the English form FARYAL. Feryal has a related form in Feryale. Feryal has a related form in Feryall.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Feryal
- Feryal AbdelazizEgyptian karate contestantborn 1999
- Feryal ÖzelTurkish-American astronomer (born 1975)
- Feryal ClarkBritish politician and Labour MPborn 1979
- Ferial QadinEgyptian consort1845–1902
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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